| Gother Clarke | |
| Fullname: | Gother Robert Carlisle Clarke |
| Birth Date: | 27 April 1875 |
| Birth Place: | Sydney, Australia |
| Death Place: | Polygon Wood, Passchendaele salient, Belgium |
| Batting: | Left-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm leg-spin |
| Club1: | New South Wales |
| Year1: | 1899-1900 to 1901-02 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 7 |
| Runs1: | 140 |
| Bat Avg1: | 12.72 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
| Top Score1: | 25 |
| Deliveries1: | 1726 |
| Wickets1: | 28 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 31.21 |
| Fivefor1: | 1 |
| Tenfor1: | 1 |
| Best Bowling1: | 6/133 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 13/0 |
| Date: | 11 January 2021 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/4575.html ESPNcricinfo |
Gother Clarke (27 April 1875 - 12 October 1917) was an Australian cricketer and medical doctor.[1] [2]
Clarke was born in Sydney, the grandson of the geologist William Branwhite Clarke.[2] He attended Sydney Church of England Grammar School and the University of Sydney, where he studied Medicine.[2] In a match for the university cricket team against Melbourne University in 1898 he took 7 for 72 and 6 for 89 and scored 100.[3]
He played seven first-class matches as a leg-spin bowler and lower-order batsman for New South Wales between 1899 and 1902.[4] His best performance was against the touring English team in 1901-02, when he took 4 for 98 and 6 for 133 in New South Wales' 53-run victory.[5] He was also prominent in tennis and bowls, once winning the New South Wales bowls pairs title.[2]
Clarke served as a major in the medical corps of the 34th Australian Infantry Battalion during World War I.[6] He was killed in action in the First Battle of Passchendaele.[7] After he left his medical station to treat a casualty in the field, Clarke and several others were killed by a shell.[8]